Laterally-operative railway-car coupling.



No. 860,235. PATENTED JULY 16, 1907.

' L. M. OROSZ.

LATBRALLY OPERATIVE RAILWAY GAR COUPLING.

APPLICATION FILED JULY13. 1906.

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I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LUDWIG MATIASZ OROSZ, OF BUDAPEST, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALFTO I DANIEL NEUMAN, OF ARAD, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

LATE RALLY-OPE RATIVE RAILWAY-CAR COUPLING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 13,1906. Serial No. 326.143.

Patented July 16, 1907.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUDWIG Marni sz Onosz, a subject of the King ofHungary, and residing at 1 Barrister, in the city ,of Budapest, Empireof Austria-Hungary,

5 have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Laterally-Operative Railway -Oar Couplings, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to an improvement of the coupling described in U.S. patent application, Serial No. 295940 01' January 18th, 1906, whichhas for its object to render a plurality of levers and links dispensableand yet to enable a reliable coupling and easy uncoupling. By dispensingwith the plurality of levers and links, the coupling is considerablylighter and cheaper and its manipulation is very simple. This isattained in that the weight, which keeps the coupling in the couplingposition, is so connected by a lever directly to the coupling itselfthat the latter is constantly maintained by the weight in the couplingposition, wherein 20 it is in a state of stable equilibrium; thecoupling may I easily be turned downwards out of this position, for thepurpose of being uncoupled or adjusted for non-coupling, by raising theweight by means of a simple laterally operative device which is neitherconnected with the weight nor with-the coupling.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation ofthe coupling provided with the said improvement and Fig. 2 a frontelevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a plan of the coupling hook with theadjoining 3O coupling and shows the connection between the latter andthe weighted lever.

The coupling a is linked in a known manner to the draw hook c by meansof the bolt d. The bent weight ed lever f projecting downwards andbehind underneath the car-body is mounted on the said bolt b by means ofa boss e (Figs. 2 and 3) between the boss d of one coupling arm and thedraw hook c. The boss 0 of the weighted lever f is coupled to the boss dof the coupling by a recess 9 after the manner of a clutch coupling. Theclutch coupling like connection enables, in the event of breakage of oneof the two parts connected by this coupling, the damaged part to bereplaced while maintaining the undamaged part; it facilitates themanufacture of separate parts and decreases the weight. of the part tobe suddenly raised, and permits a free relative movement of both partswhich when passing curves facilitates the adjustment of the coupling andinsures a reliable connection between such parts.

The weight hat the free end of the lever f maintains the coupling in thecoupling position (Fig. 1) and also in a state of stable equilibriumowing to its low position. The weighted leverf is now passed through theyoke i of the disengaging shaft j mounted beneath the buffer plate andcan freely move within the said yoke. By turning the shalt j by means ofa lateral handle k in the direction of the arrow indicated in Fig. 1,the yoke i raises the weighted lever f with the weight h into theposition indicated by dotted lines and the coupling a thereby assumesthe non-coupled low position also indicated by dotted lines. Thecoupling is secured in this non-coupled position by ratchet wheels 1 Zkeyed on the shaft 9' near the operating lever k and by pawls n narranged above the said wheels at the ends of a shaft m mounted betweenbuffer plate and shaft j and parallel to the latter, said pawls n nengaging in the teeth of the ratchet wheels Z Z. By lifting out thepawls n n, the weight drops into its low position and raises thecoupling again into the position ready for use.

Havin now articularl described and ascertained s P y the nature of oursaid invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, wedeclare that what we claim and wish to secure by Letters Patent is:

A railway car coupling comprising a draw hook, a coupling arm, a bolt onwhich said parts are pivoted, a lever having a weight on one end and aboss on its other end. said hoss being pivoted on the bolt between thedraw hook and the coupling arm and having a clutch like connection withthe coupling arm whereby the coupling arm is held in the couplingposition by the weighted lover, a yoke through which the weighted loverpasses, the means for raising the yoke to raise the lever to throw thecoupling arm out of coupling position and means for locking the yoke inraised position. 55

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

LUD\VIG BIATIASZ OROSZ.

Witnesses CHARLES E. ZALZO, FRANZ KnnZnK.

